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text: [sorry, the following is the text of three msgs that I posted in bionet.neuroscience early this evening but, which as of 10:25pm, had not yet been posted in that Newsgroup. I must avail upon folks in this Newsgroup as my only recourse in the Hope of making an "end-run" around what seems to be a "INet problem". Thank You, ken collins] [msg1] Krakatoa wrote: > > In article <3681743C.56462637 at pop3.concentric.net>, > kkollins at concentric.net wrote: > > > 1. I stand on what I've posted... it will be yet another thing that, > > several years, hence, will be being Plagerized all over the Internet... > > and, Sadly, if Experience holds, in the Formal Journals, "Two". > > > > Yes, you posted that you didn't bother to read the paper, which I guess > you're proud of. The night of my CREB post, I gave the most "time" I was able to give to anything to my reading of the paper in question and writing the msg I posted. I'm an Amateur. I work as a programmer during the day, and do what I can on my research at night, on weekends, hollidays and vacations. "Time" is precious to me, and I only give any task that which it needs. Then, I move on to the next thing. Beyond this, I expect that it's the case that it's not clear to folks that I Honor Truth... if there's any small part of the paper that I've not read, I say that I've read the paper incompletely, because that's True. It's somewhat "amusing" to me that your responses to what I posted are so "condescending". Dr. Kandel has been one of my Heroes for decades, and the paper was referred to me by one of the few folks here in bionet.neuroscience who has given me the Kindness of "just" doing Science with me. I took my last vacation day this year to Honor that Colleague's "just" doing Science with me so I could make the trip to the nearest University Library to get a copy of the paper... I only get 10 vacation days/year, so I gave 10% of my year's wealth of vacation days... and 100% of such wealth at the "time"... to Honoring the one who'd "just" do Science with me. So what's "amusing" is that you seem to think my post is some sort of "angry-trashing" stuff. It's not that, but just-the-opposite stuff. When I'd read 13 pages of the paper, I saw that there was a Contribution that I could make. When I see such, if there's someone who's "just" done Science with me, I always try to Honor such by giving back what I can Contribute... it's =this= that I did in my post. I Apologize to you, and any others, if my "lack" of "expected style" "misled" you. It's just that I do not have "time" for "style"... for me, such'd be Total-Waste, and I Waste is one of the things that I Choose to "move away from". This clarification having been given to you, I Invite you (and your Colleagues) to Discuss the "ramp" stuff if you Choose to. I was going to start a new thread pertaining to it this evening, anyway, because, on the way home from Mass this evening, I Realized that there's a =small= (judge for yourself, after reading the new thread's first msg (which I've not yet begun to work on)) "nomenclature" problem in what I posted that, it seems to me, is the [...] in folks' minds. I'll get that sorted out, and will Appreciate your comments. But if you Choose to continue to be a Jackass, I'm just going to let you flap in the wind. K. P. Collins [msg2] Krakatoa wrote: > > In article <75rna7$649$1 at nnrp1.dejanews.com>, sgarriott at my-dejanews.com wrote: > > > I know that this may be a strange question, but I've always heard that old > > cliché that human beings on the average only use about ten percent of their > > brains. > > [...] > > The question, which is common, actually reflects a basic misunderstanding > about the way the brain is organized. Most parts of the brain has > specialized functions which is the only thing (or collection of related > things) that part of the brain does. While I do =not= argue that there is not relatively-static, highly-dynamic, and on-a-continuum-in-between "specialization" (there =is=), all that's necessary to see that the position you've taken is False is the stuff of the "lost-limb" studies... if it was as you say, there'd be no plasticity in which the cortical areas that were devoted to the control of the now-absent limb are put to excellent use through sprouting... if it were as you say, these plastic dynamics would not occur... but they do. And, when one follows things back from cortex, voila... 100% of the subcortical stuff becomes subjected to the same needing-to-be-able-to-adapt Physical Reality. > Some parts of the brain are more > domain-general, but they represent small parts of the brain, and they are > also probably used very heavily by everything. The single most-significant feature of the organically-intact functional neuroanatomy is its Total Integration... what you say pertains =only= to organically-damaged brains. The poster's Q was with respect to organically-intact brains. > So back to the original question, most of the brain is devoted to sensory, > motor, or regulatory function. What you say is drastically-over-simplified... creativity, curiosity, volition, thought, etc., all happen in the =same= neural topology as do "sensory", "motor" and "regulatory" function... there is not a single neruon in the brain that is exclusively "sensory", "motor" and "regulatory"... although there's no all-to-all connectedness, the brain's functioning is, never-the-less, 100% integrated throughout the neural topology... the hormone excreted by the pituitary affects the activation "states" that occur in "motor" cortex. This whole "motor"/"sensory" conceptualization is =Archaic=. Neurons are "located" within the neural topology for =one= Reason... to align behavior with the energy gradients that exist in the external environments so that behaviors manifested will, over the long term, [become Inverted (AoK, Ap4) with respect to] what's described by 2nd thermo (wdb2t; which I discussed in another thread, using bacterial chemotaxis as a working example). There are no "motor" neurons, and there are no "sensory" neurons... there are =only= neurons that form the topological-distribution of neurons that will perform as above. > For example, I think somewhere in the range > of half of the cortex is visual, so as long as your eyes are open you are > using half of the brain. Beyond what's above, which holds exquisitely with respect to the Classical visual Neuroanatomy, the "visual areas" are highly-involved in the brain's active information-processing dynamics during sleeping consciousness (msg for more if it's wanted). > And even if you are making relatively small > coordinated movements you are recruiting several large areas involved in > movement (e.g., motor cortex, basal ganglia, cerebellum). And of course > you are generally recording some aspects of your experience, which means > you are involving several memory regions. So yes, you are using most of > your brains capacity, most of the time. Even sleep requires a great deal > of brain function! Hearing the phone ring, picking it up, having a short > conversation, and remembering 5 words of what was said probably recruits > 95% of the brain. And anything that's "quiescent" is actively-quiescent... it's =always= 100%. (I note you've "learned a lot" in going from one paragraph to the next :-) > Now as far as the 10% figure, this is just a myth. But one that's been so-tirelessly repeated... Sadly. > It is based on several > moronic assumptions all of which are untrue. One of these is that the > brain is domain-general and works by mass action; this is patently false, > at least for many brain regions, particularly those which occupy most of > the brain (sensory, motor, and regulatory functions). You should've studied Lashley's work until you saw what's in it. It flat-out discloses the total Integration of the brain's functioning. > The second is that > all neurons can fire at maximal rates and can have maximal metabolism > simultaneously (because the 10% estimate is based on theoretical metabolic > maximums). Of course, the latter is totally false since this would only > happen during a life threatening grand mal seizure and would not reflect > higher brain function. It's =aproximated= during the commonly-occurring startle response. > So think about it this way, consider you are driving down the street in > your car at 30 mph. The car is a Camaro and is capable of 150 mph. The > heater is set to 72 degrees but is capable of heating the car to 105. The > radio is set to 85 dB but is capable of 110. The A/C is off, but is also > capable of being on. The rear defroster is off, but is capable of being > on. The brakes are not being operated, but are capable of stopping the > car. Do you get my picture? Do you really feel that driving the car at 30 > mph is using only 10% of its capacity, or it being used to its full > capacity, even though many systems are not recruited to the arbitrary > theoretical maximum at any given time? Oh, Stephan... I've just seen that you are the "volcanic erruption" guy, and this Saddens me... ...but your analysis is False... within the brain's information-processing dynamics (which is all the brain does), the Ability to function Maximally to which you refer, above, Derives as a function of experientially-driven neural activation. Without such, the neural dynamics tend toward Chaos (see the sensory-deprivation literature, for instance), and to the degree of such, the information-processing Work that a brain can achieve is commensurately diminished... in other words, Rigorously-proportionately-more of the brain's =always= 100% utilization goes to Waste, be-cause Chaotic processes tend toward "random walks" which "go nowhere". You should get a copy of AoK and study it... everything is Resolved within it (although it's stuff is a couple of decades old, and non-Existent "time" is invoked in it... just do the Maths to transform between non-Existent "time" and the Physically-Real one-way flow of energy from order to disorder that is what that which has been referred to as "time" is... wdb2t.) > Cheers, > Stephan =Please= don't use pseudonyms in msgs to me... and when I tell you that I'm going to move something "'center-stage' immediately", please do not doubt that such'll happen. I "move away from" Waste, and wouldn't've said it as I did if I'd not already done it. The other thing to understand is that the circumstances in which I "Exist" make no allowance for "beating-around-the-bush"... every day lost is counted in Lives, and I cannot disHonor such. If you don't understand these "seemingly 'mysterious'" things, Understand =First=, then, please do, have at it. ken [msg3] There's no Physical distinction between "the two"... the "two's" only the one thing. You've "just" been misled by folks who've run off with your tax money, 'cause that's what their Profs taught them to do, and the Profs' Profs, before them, and so on... back to the Beginning when all there was was Ignorance. Ignorance had been "perpetuated", in this way, be-cause folks had not comprehended the way the brain processes information. In an Absence of an understanding of the way brains process information, the way that brains process information tends strongly to value Learned Ignorance because it's Familiar. Understanding how brains process information is the "door" through which one escapes the Tyranny of Ignorance (because Ignorance is Tyrannical, I refer to it as the "Beast"... it's "time" we banished such into the Nothingness whence it came). ken collins [I can explain if you want to hear more. kpc] shadowrunner at hotmail.com wrote: > > I'm looking for any information about neuro or physiologic difference > between verbal and non-verbal memory. > > Thanks to reply by mail to: > shadowrunner at hotmail.com > > Seth

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And the world comes to an end… and it is breaking news. Oh yes there was mass hysteria as Facebook crashed at 9am… and for half an hour the world ended for those who spend all their time on Facebook, poking, liking and sharing as if there is no tomorrow.
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The crash happened at around 9am, with the Facebook blue branding displayed alongside the message: "Sorry, something went wrong."
The problem also affected Facebook's apps.
By 9.20am, the site refused to load at all, with the message "service unavailable" shown on a white background.
However, by 9.30am users reported the site was functioning again.
And across our screens, Sky News classed this as a breaking news event…
Seriously though, how can you call this Breaking News…. for the life of me I don't know why any news channel would even warrant this as breaking news. It is not as if the world would grind to a halt, or we had to take shelter, or we had only 5 minutes to live before everything we know was obliterated. It is a social media platform… something we can live without. Believe it or not.
Do you know what? Before Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and all other social networking platforms became part of our lives… we survived. Instead of sitting there and posting what we had for breakfast… we actually went out and spoke to real people, face to face. How nice it was.
Before sitting there, waiting to get to the next level of some game, we interacted with family and played games where all the family could join in.
Before kids sat there glued to the computer or TV screen playing some role-playing game or other, they went to the park; kicked a ball around; played with other kids.
No wonder kids are pasty looking and piling on the pounds… the most exercise some of them get is getting up to switch the computer on or getting the laptop out of its bag.
Yes I am on Facebook… but if it crashes it crashes… end of… No need to get my bowels in an uproar because I can't like a post where someone has just checked in to McDonalds or Burger King and going for the 99p whooper.
Facebook is good to speak to friends and communicate with family… but it isn't the be and end all of life. And for the life of me it isn't breaking news. Come on Sky News… get some perspective here… Breaking News is real news stories… stories that affect real people and that highlight all the atrocities in this world. It isn't to report that there was a mass of people pulling their hair out because they couldn't poke one another on Facebook.


text: Brand MarketingNissan Hopes Formula 1 Deal Takes Infiniti BeyondWill Nissan's nameplate get good marketing mileage?By Robert Klara|November 19, 2012ShareBy Robert Klara|November 19, 2012Share Austin, Texas, had nothing in common with places like Valencia, Spain, or Sakir, Bahrain—at least until this past weekend, when the city played host to the 2012 Formula 1 races. It was the first time in five years that the motorsport returned to the U.S. It was also a setup for an unusual marketing gambit. Joining the rarefied auto nameplates like Ferrari and Lotus was Nissan's Infiniti brand, which signed on as a co-sponsor of Red Bull Racing's car RB8 last year. With the race finally back on U.S. soil, Infiniti execs will soon be able to see if they got their money's worth. "It's our first chance to do an activation in the U.S., and we're excited," Infiniti's marketing director Keith St. Clair told Adweek just before race day. "Now we'll get to see what U.S. fans really think." Infiniti's co-sponsorship of driver Sebastian Vettel's car is a bigger deal than it might seem. Formula 1 has long been the swank, international counterpart to America's Nascar races. Its U.S. following is modest while the cost to slap your brand name on a car is anything but. Both BMW and Honda pulled out of past deals, as did Toyota—after deciding that a reported $400 million in annual sponsorship costs just wasn't getting enough marketing mileage. St. Clair conceded that F1's domestic fan base is "very small," and while Infiniti will not reveal what it's spending on the deal, the brand is likely saving money by being a secondary partner. While Red Bull's logo is plastered all over the car, Infiniti's name appears only on the barge boards and rear wing. Whatever trade-off that might represent, St. Clair maintained that "our name is on the metal, and that can mean the difference." Infiniti's name was also on its Austin pavilion, inside of which visitors got to slip into two G series convertibles and "race" them on a virtual course projected ahead of them. Another component of Infiniti's sponsorship was a video shot in June featuring Vettel laying rubber with an Infiniti IPL G Coupe. St. Clair insisted that any association with F1 racing "is prestigious. The fan base maps directly with our target. We and our competitors are all speaking to the same target audience." Or hoping to. According to Paul Eisenstein, publisher of auto website The Detroit Bureau, Infiniti's romp with racing's rich kids has more to do with trying to capture the attention of the luxury buyer rather than rolling with the ones it already has. "There's no question that Infiniti's gotten involved in this to try to elevate their brand perception," he said. "From the beginning, they have not been able to position themselves as a serious luxury player, and there's clearly a question whether F1 will do anything for them." Still, Eisenstein lauds Infiniti's "clever approach" of getting into the sponsorship game at a more budget-friendly level. And St. Clair added that the brand has already seen some payoff. "In the markets we've had races in," he said, "we've seen growth in brand opinion and brand awareness." Of course, it remains to be seen whether those benefits will now manifest in the U.S. market. Some races are longer than others. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2ktAvXK copy Adweek Adweek


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DentedHead wrote:Yet a surprising number of people believe we have no right or ability to police ourselves:
From the Moron Motorist thread regarding my suggested, minor vigilante-ism...Ross wrote:There is NO excuse ANYTIME for vigilante justice.
And I stand by that comment too. It makes the retaliator (is that a word?) as bad as the offender.
The police force and the court system have finite resources. They simply haven't got the resources to deal with every person that takes up 2 parking spaces or happens to drive too close to a cyclist. Perhaps the police should start investigating thse sort of offences more seriously and not worry about armed robberies, assaults and murders. Or maybe just sub-contract the justice of the minor offences such as parking to people like Dent who can be the judge, jury and executioner - multitasking, doing the job of 3 people - though the money saved in wages would probably be spent on thickshakes and black textas instead...


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'Social drinkers' may be causing just as much harm to their health as binge drinkers and alcoholics.
If you think only alcoholics and binge drinkers are putting their health at risk, think again.
Many people who see themselves as "social drinkers" are at risk of developing long-term health conditions because of the amount they regularly drink.
Most drinkers are unaware that regularly drinking more than 14 units a week can lead to a wide range of long-term health problems, including cancer, stroke and heart attack.
To keep health risks from alcohol to a low level if you drink most weeks:
Fourteen units is equivalent to six pints of average-strength beer or 10 small glasses of low-strength wine.
Read about the risks of drinking too much to find out how your drinking habits may be affecting your health.
More than 10 million people in England drink above low risk levels. There were about 23,000 alcohol-related deaths, including just over 17,000 from liver disease, in England as a result of a medical condition caused by alcohol.
Typically, longer-term alcohol-related illness or death affect older people who drink more than 14 units a week and consider themselves to be "social drinkers".
Professor Nigel Heaton, a liver transplant consultant, says: "Some people think it's natural to have a bottle of wine a night.
"It seems respectable because you're drinking with food and it's not associated with any drunken behaviour or even feeling drunk.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says there has been a "crescendo of condemnation" as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government continues its crackdown on protesters. Still, the secretary has not explicitly called on Assad to step down. Clinton said an international voice is important so Assad's government cannot say pressure is only coming from the West.
Clinton said she and her Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Stoere discussed their acute concern about the Syrian government's crackdown when they met at the State Department Friday.
"The United States will continue to work with our partners to turn this growing consensus into increased pressure and isolation for the Assad regime. In particular, we urge those countries still buying Syrian oil and gas, those countries still sending Assad weapons, those countries whose political and economic support give him comfort in his brutality to get on the right side of history. President Assad has lost the legitimacy to lead, and it is clear that Syria would be better off without him," Clinton said.
While the United States continues to ratchet up economic and diplomatic pressure on Syria, neither Clinton nor U.S. President Barack Obama have explicitly called on Assad to step down.
Clinton said the United States is engaged in intensive diplomatic efforts to persuade international partners to increase political and financial pressure on Syria.
"And I don't think you should assume anything other than we're trying and succeeding at putting together an international effort so that there will not be any temptation on the part of anyone inside the Assad regime to claim that it's only the United States or maybe it's only the West. Indeed, it's the entire world," Clinton said.
Clinton noted that, in addition to Western nations, the United Nations Security Council, as well as the Arab League, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and others have decried the violence.
Norway's Stoere said a government that turns its army on its people loses legitimacy to represent the people. He also underscored the need for entities in the region to speak up.
"We have been missing that, but it is starting to come from Syria's neighbors and from Syria's own organizations, and that is of great importance to building that alliance, is part of the work which is needed now," Stoere said.
Clinton said a presidential statement, issued about two weeks ago, was the first international statement to truly capture what has become a growing consensus about the Syrian government's brutal tactics.
On Thursday, the U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, met Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem in Damascus. The State Department says Muallem was defiant when Ford called for Syria to stop the violence, withdraw security forces and respond to Syrian aspirations for a democratic transition.


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The Punxsutawney Spirit held Appreciation Day on Saturday at the SS.C.D. auditorium to give a big thank-you to the community. The fun-filled day included the 3rd Annual Punxsy's Got Talent show.
Winners of the talent show were (from left) Brielle King, third place, who sang and played the keyboard; Garrett Rowan (second place), who played the guitar; and Caleb Dinger (first place), who also sang and played the keyboard. Dinger received a $100 cash prize.
Judges for the event were Zak Lantz, Spirit editor; Katie Laska, current Punxsutawney Woman of the Year; and Tom Chelgren, former Punxsutawney Man of the Year.


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I'm curious as to what your decision was regarding the pepper spray. This sounds like such a traumatic experience that I think I'm going to head out and sign up for a martial arts class ASAP. Even if I'm supposed to hand over my purse and stuff, I think it might be nice to be able to crane kick somebody's celiac plexus if I had the chance.
How To Get Mugged
Awesome, 10:45 and there's still one parking spot only a few buildings from mine. I do the parallel parking bit, grab my purse, lock the car, and start the quick walk to my apartment building. As I walk past our nextdoor building, a car stops in front of me, and the passenger steps out. Weird, he's talking to me. "Okay, give me your purse."
Next thing I know I'm splayed out on my back like a dying cockroach on the curb — except much wrigglier, and much, much louder.
The whole thing took about 30 seconds, and then he drove off with my purse, my wallet, my phone, my camera. I was suitably shaken — feeling helpless, violated, extremely freaked out — but the lesson for me was that this really can happen anywhere. People have asked me if I'm going to move to a different neighborhood now, and the answer is a decided no. When you start telling people you were mugged, they come back with stories of their own. A friend has been the victim twice — once in front of his mother's house on Rodeo Drive (yes, that Rodeo Drive), and another time in the Pico-Robertson area of West Los Angeles — a neighborhood predominantly inhabited by Orthodox Jewish families.
So, I'm not running to the suburbs anytime soon. But now that I know it's a reality, I can take some personal steps to prevent another assault, and I can share what I learned about what to do when it does happen.
Do This Now
Make sure you have a photo ID in yur home, off your person. Write down or memorize your driver's license number and credit card numbers. You'll need these items a few times — to renew your license, to tell the police, to take money out of the bank without an ATM card. If you are compiling a document, adding the 24-hour numbers for your credit card and ATM card will also come in handy. Having all this info at easy access prevents scrambling.
If you buy a new mobile phone, be sure to keep your old one. You can get a new SIM card free, and start blabbing away immediately. If your phone has the capablity to sync with your computer, do it frequently. It saves a great deal of headache not to have to recompile your address book.
Keep some cash in the house. With no ATM card, you are at the mercy of bank hours to withdraw cash, and you won't have a credit card.
Soon after the mugging, someone gave me a can of pepper spray. I've put it on my keychain, but I'm admittedly of two minds about it. It's a bit of comfort to know, in a realm where I, as a diminutive woman, am a prime victim, that by carrying it with me I'm evening out the playing field just so slightly. But, its very existence can be inflammatory: Cashiers have made not-so-innocent jokes about it, and my sister rightly expressed concern about having it around her small children. So, it's really a personal decision. If you do choose pepper spray though, know that you must be prepared to use it before anything happens. Walk out of your car with the can in your hand and your thumb on the trigger. The best product I've seen was a thin tube on a strap, which wrapped around your hand, securing the canister in your palm. This article, written by a professional security consultant, covers nicely the whys and why-nots of pepper spray. Read up and decide for yourself.
Avoid being on the street by yourself late at night. Carpool with friends, or have them walk you to your door. Spend the night at a friend's home after a late night. Befriend a neighbor; see if you can exchange phone numbers, so you can call each other when you need someone to walk you home. In times when walking outside alone at night is just inevitable, I've begun running from car to apartment: I figure, it cuts the time I'm outside in half, and a weirdo sprinting across the sidewalk is probably a less likely target.
During the Assault
It's important to know the best way to react, although in the moment it might take you a while to recall what you know. And that best way is to give them what they want. At first, that's not what I did. I was working under the logic that most human beings are reasonable, and that it's reasonable for me to walk into my apartment with my purse in tow, as I had set out to do seconds before. But, reason had little to do with this situation. I resisted, held fast to my purse, and started screaming. Loudly. So, he pushed me onto the ground. After a few seconds, it became clear my screaming was to no avail. I remembered what you're supposed to do, and I did it: I let go of my purse, and its new owner immediately drove off. I was left with a hefty bump on my forehead and the surreal view of my familiar block, now as seen from the ground. But I was lucky . He could have pulled out a knife, he could have pulled out a gun, he could have been far more violent. Everything in your purse is replaceable; you are not.
Before anything else, call the police. I was lucky in that one neighbor did actually hear my screaming, came outside after the incident, took me into his home, and led me through this process (it's not hard, but I was completely frazzled). Try to bring to mind any details, because you will forget them surprisingly quickly. They will send out officers to get the full report.
In the meantime, tell someone. Either someone at home, or a friend or family member that can be reached by phone. It's a huge comfort to call a loved one and tell your story.
Then, cancel your cards. Your credit card statement will have a phone number where you can report a lost or stolen card. Be sure to ask if any charges have been made since your card was stolen: Not only in case there are charges you need to protest, but also because even failed attempts to charge may be leads in finding the criminal. Same goes for your ATM card.
Call your cellular phone provider. They will suspend your SIM card. Later on, go to your provider's brick-and-mortar store, and they can provide you with a new SIM that holds your existing phone number. Just drop this card into any phone that is "locked" for use with your provider, or one that is unlocked, and you're ready to send and recieve calls as normal.
Contact the credit bureau. They will put a fraud alert on your file, so that creditors will alert you before any extensions of credit are made. There are three major credit bureaus — Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion — and if you contact one, they will contact the other two.
Unfortunately, things like this aren't going away anytime soon. But, with a little knowledge, you can prevent a bad situation from getting much, much worse.
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My friend was walking home at night a few years ago and was approached by a young mugger - she pepper sprayed him in the eyes and he collapsed writhing onto the sidewalk. She ended up feeling so bad for him that she walked him home and then told his mom what he'd done. He got into so much trouble...
I guess he's lucky he didn't run into Andrea "I'll kick you in the celiac plexus" Dickson.
Tannaz, I'm glad you're ok. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. It can't be easy talking about this stuff, but I'm sure your information will help a lot of people.
I'm actually quite new here, but I wanted to add my two cents. If you have access to a photocopier, it's a good idea to lay all of your credit cards, ID, etc. out on the glass and make a copy. Then turn them all over and make another copy. It keeps you from having to memorize all of those numbers, and also helps you remember exactly what you had in your purse that needs to be canceled, relplaced, etc.
I got mugged once, but I got so ticked off at the person trying to steal my purse that I didn't let go. The get-away driver was taking off while the mugger hopped into the car, and they ended up just getting away with the strap of my purse. Probably not the smartest approach, but like you said, you're not necessarily thinking all that clearly at first.
Andrea, I have it on my keychain right now, but am looking for a slimmer one on a handstrap like i mentioned. It gives a hostile impression to everyone who sees me with keys in hand right now, and I don't like that. I'd rather have it tucked out of sight in my purse and just take it out at times when I'm out at night.
Thanks Kris! Sounds like your friend's mugger learned quite a lesson. I hope his mommy grounded him. Sheesh.
Yep, thanks for clarifying, Ara!
And lornadoone, the photocopy tip is a good one! I personally try to avoid more paper, because I'm obsessive about clutter, so a spreadsheet in the computer works best for me. But in either case though, the key is having the info at hand, all in one place.
My heart sunk when I read the first paragraph, I figured it was gonna be a link to a story, not a personal experience!
I'm grateful you were unharmed, and sorry you had to go through that. It's truly not fair that it had to happen to you, and so I'm glad that you're able to turn the experience into something that helps others.
I'm so glad you're not hurt! A warning about the pepper spray: a friend of mine used it once and some of it sprayed back into her eyes. Awful.
thx for this helpful article..very good for many people who get mugged or not yet face this experience..its not nice..anyway thx and women should be more careful..this is a big lesson for me not walking alone at night and carry purse..
I really appreciate your post on this. I have *no idea* how differently (and it would've been differently, all right) I would've acted had my attacker been male. And bigger. These experiences really are priceless...you just don't know the different habits & ways of living that'll turn out on the other side.
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I have to generally agree with the above.
Excessive regulation and red tape can drag on economic progress and vitality, that is common knowledge now, especially for smaller buisnesses.
The problem is currying favor towards large corporations. You can't "VOTE" those people out. You can't reform them, you can do that with open and well monitored government.
But when government plays to corrupt buisness oligarchs whose own type of corruption is not as easily detected, then what? Government can actually deal with people from a humanistic standpoint, Corporations at worst only see people as consumers, a figure in their bi annual financial readout.
I think that European countries while not perfect have shown that you can have healthy free enterprise and entreprenureal spirit with strong public programs. Do they have to stay frozen in time, NO. Sometimes there has to be tweaking of the systems dependent on the situation.
But still I think that our consumer oriented social darwinism isn't all it's cracked up to be sometimes. It's better for certain things than others, not a one size fits all approach.
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It is no different from the Russian oligarchy of only a few providers controlling the price for all. Except that in English, it is called plutocracy.
India's case is different due to something called an "equilibrium shift", where nationalisation of key industries led to serious inefficiency and corruption, thus it shifts in the other direction of de-consolidation. In the US, it is a different matter because privatisation has led to the bigger players buying out the smaller ones, resulting in a "neocron" consolidation.
In India, the private sector has to step in to "free" the markets, whereas in US, the government has to step in to "free" it. But the US government has become too powerless to do anything.
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He concluded that "the client's always right" is something the worker should think. Not an excuse for the client to behave like an asshole.
Likewise, I think the bootstrap thing is a fine mentality for oneself. It stops being so when one uses it to bury the less fortunate in the mud, on the pretext they should be able to pull themselves up. And if they think the government makes it harder (personally, I think free education makes it a hell of a lot easier), well, nobody said it was supposed to be easy. Wasn't that their point when they extolled the values of hard work and all?
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Cui servire est regnare ("for whom to serve is to rule"). I would like to think that the reverse is also true: To rule is to serve.
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Nowadays? They outright spit on it, grab it and toss it into the bin, and show you the middle finger. The rich just don't see the need to appear legitimate now, and they act as though they cannot be stopped. And in many cases, they really can't be.
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So all news we've had from Syria lately comes from them, yet we have no information whatsoever on who they are, where their sources come from and what their aim is. News agencies don't even bother to check and cross-check. It's quite telling on the current state of "journalism", and on how little critical thinking people have nowadays.
This is an interesting read on the subject.
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Furthermore there was huge emphasis on correct etiquette towards visitors, and it was expected that people would facilitate any guests (be they strangers or not) to a great extent, feeding them over themselves if necessary. Read any kind of ancient myths and you see it all over the place, particularly "gods disguised as traveller" stories.
With the number of people in our society, it's difficult to maintain this kind of mentality, so we must do the next best thing and encode it into law, to avoid a "tragedy of the commons" because we can no longer use social pressure alone to get everyone to give equally.
In essence, the key flaw of "pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps" is that it forgets that we are social beings, we cannot exist alone, and our success is rarely dependent on ourselves alone either.
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Well it looks like SOMETHING will get done.
3 Trillion, largely in cuts. Debt limit will be extended into 2013.
You know interestingly, it just dawned on me that all this bruhaha was to able to keep the govenment actually able to borrow money.
Rather mundane in the face of actually having to decide on what to cut, this will be interesting because the Republicans (wisely) have avoided details aside from the ol Medicare/Social Security deal.
NOW is where we get into real debate.
Obama faces tough road ahead in public eye due to weak economy;
Frankly, I think the economy was gonna suck no matter who was in office but whatever. I don't think the President can magically come up with an industry to get people off the uenmployment docket. There are a lot of older workers who are being squeezed out and downsized in a sort of protracted deindustrialization. And no matter who, I don't know what the head of gov can do to stop buisnesses from hording cash.
I just don't see how we can make the huge gains to make a dent in the unemployment to suffice much of anyone really. I've read a lot of commentary saying the high times of the 90s-00s are over and we are unlikely to see such rapid growth anytime soon.
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The fun thing will be watching the GOP once their voting base realizes they're going to take personal damage (Social Security, Medicare, farm subsidies, etc) for these antics. And if the compromise with the "across the board cuts in a fail stop" goes in... all their voting base will be on them because if they can't play nicely now with only stupid pride and ego as the issue, it won't get better later.
And yet again... the plutocrats are dancing with the lowest taxes in US history and basically no incentive to support the country in terms of infrastructure or jobs.
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Corporations can dodge taxes anyway
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Viruses and bacteria carried by mosquitoes and sometimes ticks are some of the most common causes of encephalitis throughout the world. Most people who are bitten by infected mosquitoes do not develop any symptoms or develop only a mild flu-like illness. For those who do develop encephalitis, symptoms may develop within a few days or up to 2 weeks after the mosquito bite occurred, depending on which virus the mosquito was carrying.
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- St. Louis encephalitis. St. Louis encephalitis happens mostly in North America (western and eastern United States), Central America, and South America. It is more common in older adults.
- La Crosse encephalitis. La Crosse encephalitis happens mostly in the Midwestern and eastern United States. It is more common in school-aged children.
- California encephalitis. California encephalitis happens mostly in the Midwestern and northeastern United States. It is more common in children.
- Japanese encephalitis. Japanese encephalitis happens mostly in Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, India, Nepal, and northern Australia. It is more common in children.
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- Western equine encephalitis. Western equine encephalitis happens mostly in North America (especially in states west of the Mississippi in the United States and in the prairie provinces in Canada), Central America, and South America. It is more common in older adults and children.
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever can cause encephalitis in some cases. It happens mostly in North, Central, and South America. In the United States, it is most common in the area between North Carolina and Oklahoma. This type of bacterial encephalitis is caused by a tick bite.
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From the rocky shores of the Pacific Ocean to the soaring peaks of the Rockies…from verdant vineyards to epoch-spanning icefields…from stunning national parks to bustling cosmopolitan cities, Western Canada has so much to offer! This is home to some of the world's most majestic landscapes and inspirational Old World resorts. Spend time in Banff, the scenic heart of the Canadian Rockies. Ride a gondola up Sulphur Mountain for a bird's-eye view of more mountains in a moment than most people see in a lifetime. Follow Icefield Parkway to Jasper National Park and extraordinary Lake Louise. Stay in the alpine resort of Whistler before catching a ferry to Vancouver Island to explore Chinatown, the waterfront, and Stanley Park with its impressive collection of totem poles. In charming "British" Victoria, maybe go whale watching, enjoy Afternoon Tea at the historic Empress Hotel, or marvel at world-famous Butchart Gardens. And a Globus tour through Western Canada also includes unique experiences and encounters you'll never forget—like a special breakfast at the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre in Whistler or a wine pairing dinner in Kelowna.
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*Receive $100 per person off select Globus 2018 departures. Booking must be made, under deposit and discount applied between June 6-August 14, 2018 for travel during select times in 2018. Offer is combinable with all other applicable promotions. Not applicable to custom tours. Discount will apply to individual members of groups adding a name and non-refundable per person deposit WITHIN the promo window. Not applicable on TBA space. Applies to new bookings only and offer will not be applied to pre-existing bookings. Offer reliant on space availability. Full cancellation penalties will apply. Additional restrictions may apply; see Travel Terms & Conditions for details. May be withdrawn at any time. Offer available from participating GFOB office only.
Breathtaking scenery and magical experiences sum up this Canadian Rockies winter vacation. Your tour begins in Vancouver and ends in Calgary with overnights along the way in some of the Canadian Rockies' most beautiful resorts—Jasper, Lake Louise, and Banff. A tour highlight is ...Read More.
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World-class Canadian resorts combined with breathtaking scenery highlight this Canadian Rockies tour. Start and end your vacation in Calgary with overnights also in Lake Louise, Jasper, and Banff. In Lake Louise, you'll stay at the elegant Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, known for ...Read More.
Starting at: $3,120
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10 Day Tour from Calgary to Vancouver
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Create a lifetime of incredible memories traveling through the unforgettable Canadian Rockies! Begin your Canadian Rockies tour with sightseeing in Vancouver and end with a ferry ride through the Gulf Islands from Victoria to Vancouver. In between, witness breathtaking scenery ...Read More.
Starting at: $5,407
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Save 10% per person on 2019 Globus Europe, South and North America early booking vacations.*
*Book and deposit a 2019 Globus Europe, South or North America (excluding Cuba, 2020 Oberammergau and Escapes by Globus) vacation to save 10% per person on the land-only portion of the core tour not including extra night accommodations, extensions, taxes, fees, tips or supplements. Booking must be made and under deposit between August 4, 2017 and November 27, 2018 for travel in 2019. Offer not valid with any other offer except Repeat Traveler benefit and air credit. Not applicable to custom tours. Discount will apply to individual members of groups adding a name and non-refundable per person deposit WITHIN the promo window. Not applicable on TBA space. Applies to new 2019 bookings only. Offer reliant on space availability. Full cancellation penalties will apply. Additional restrictions may apply. May be withdrawn any time. Available from participating GFOB office only. EBD
On this Calgary Stampede tour, enter a world of Wild West excitement as you sample chuckwagon fare and watch rodeo action in Calgary. Two days admission to the Calgary Stampede; heart-stopping chuckwagon races; an outdoor stage show with singers, dancers, and musicians; a ...Read More.
Starting at: $1,250
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Combine with Great Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (CDX)
10 Day Tour from Calgary to Calgary
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14 Day Tour from Vancouver to Calgary
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11 Day Tour from Calgary to Calgary
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Experience vibrant cities, beautiful scenery, and fun experiences on this Pacific Northwest tour featuring Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver. You'll enjoy two nights each in Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver, along with sightseeing and free time in each city. Highlights of this ...Read More.
Starting at: $2,546
Starting at: $2,546 $2,291
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14 Day Tour from Seattle to Seattle
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This Canadian Rockies & Glacier National Park tour delivers the pristine wilderness of several national parks and the soaring beauty of the Rockies on both sides of the Canada/U.S. border. In Canada, travel to Waterton Lakes National Park, an UNESCO World Heritage Site with ...Read More.
Starting at: $2,590
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The Canadian Rockies—a land of majestic mountain scenery, fascinating wildlife, sparkling glaciers, crystal-clear lakes, and interesting towns. If you want to see breathtaking scenery and jagged mountain peaks, this Canadian Rockies tour is for you. Spend time in Vancouver, ...Read More.
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Add the Rocky Mountaineer to Your Vacation (CVE)
13 Day Tour from Vancouver to Vancouver
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On this Canadian Rockies tour, enjoy time in many of Canada's most scenic areas as you travel through some of its national parks and mountain towns. Spend time in beautiful Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Whistler, Sun Peaks, Victoria, Vancouver, and British ...Read More.
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20 Day Tour from Vancouver to Vancouver
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Elizabeth Shepherd
Dr Elizabeth Shepherd qualified as an archivist and worked in archives and records management in local government before becoming a records management specialist at TFPL Ltd. In 1992 she was appointed in the Department of Information Studies at University College London (UCL), to update and revise the MA in Archives and Records Management of which she was programme director until 2002. In 2003 she was appointed a senior lecturer, in 2007 Reader, and Professor of Archives and Records Management in 2011. She teaches concepts and contexts and the recordkeeping professional and co-ordinates the research skills module for doctoral students in DIS. Her research interests are in the development of the UK archive profession, which is the subject of her PhD and monograph, and links between records management and information policy compliance, including an AHRC-funded project (see details on the ICARUS webpages). She serves on the editorial boards of Archival Science, Journal of the Society of Archivists (now, Archives & Records) and the Records Management Journal, was a member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Council on National Records and Archives from 2000-2006, the AHRC Peer Review College, RAE2008 Panel 37 and REF2014 Panel 36. She has published numerous articles and (with Geoffrey Yeo) the best selling book Managing Records: a handbook of principles and practice (Facet Publishing, 2003) and is author of the monograph, Archives and archivists in 20th century England (Ashgate, 2009). Ashgate Publishing webpages
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10 reasons for mechanical engineering from Bavaria
There is no way around mechanical engineering. Bavarian companies are leaders in developing solutions for future issues. Due to a number of factors, Bavarian mechanical engineers are creating innovative technologies that are internationally renowned.
1. Competence from tradition
Knowledge needs strong roots in order to bear fruit. We in Bavaria have more than 150 years of experience in mechanical engineering. Several medium-sized companies that were founded here have passed their know-how down through the generations to implement their technical expertise in highly-competitive products. Today, more than 500 mechanical engineering companies are located in Bavaria; some are global players and there is also a variety of "hidden champions".
2. Thrust through innovation
Innovation is the engine for the development of competitive products. A company can only expand and hold its market position long term through constant development and optimization. Bavarian mechanical engineers know that. In 2010 alone, they invested 1.5 billion euros in research and development. The particular strengths of "Machinery Made in Bavaria" For us, the power of innovation goes hand in hand with the ability to adapt to the needs and requirements of customers in an optimal way.
3. Abundance of offers
Due to an industrial and service sector that is as strong as it is differentiated, there is a huge selection on offer in Germany, and in no German state is it as large as in Bavaria. This is especially true for mechanical engineering. As a rule, even highly-specialized customer requirements can be met here. Here, the principle has always been: "there is a solution for everything."
4. Education and advanced training
Education in Bavaria is the best in Germany. The comprehensive training at schools and universities creates the foundation for companies to be equipped with excellent technical and management personnel. The rich range of qualification and advanced training measures is often used and promoted here - in the spirit of lifelong learning - to sustain the productivity and quality of Bavarian companies.
5. "Made in Bavaria" quality
Bavarian mechanical engineering does not meet any quality standards, it sets them- we are known for this around the world. The use of optimally-adapted procedures, quality controls at every stage of production as well as working towards the maximum durability of our products guarantees maximum reliability and ensures a long-term co-operation with our customers, often for decades
6. Strong service
The most important measure is customer satisfaction. This also includes a co-operation that goes far beyond pure business transactions. Another strength of Bavarian companies: We will ensure a steady supply of spare parts, exchange information with our customers and strive to include your experience with our products in our development and manufacturing processes.
7. Sustained by connectivity
The high number of family-run companies in Bavaria and a traditionally strong mutual sense of responsibility between company owners and employees guarantee a high level of motivation and close association with the business. The public representation of business figures is not the only thing that counts here. The goal is always to ensure the long-term success of the company.
8. Structures that pave the way
The better the infrastructure the easier it is to build up networks: In hardly any other region of Europe is this as feasible to achieve as in Bavaria. Bavaria has two international airports and an outstandingly developed railway and road network at both a local and regional level: this does not only make it easier for companies to collaborate across all sectors but also allows for a close interlink between industry, public and private research institutes, schools and universities.
9. Key to high technology
Bavaria is one of the most successful technology locations worldwide. Whether biotechnology and environmental technology, IT, electrical engineering or renewable energy, manufacturing, research or development: A variety of (leading) companies in these sectors are based in Bavaria. The quality of the Bavarian mechanical engineering forms the basis. As a result, Bavaria can maintain and expand its advantage of success over other locations.
10. Attractiveness as an argument
It is mostly, but not exclusively, hard factors that determine the quality of a location. However, Bavaria offers a wide range of additional plus points that add to the region's attractiveness: beautiful unspoilt nature, a high standard of living, a variety of cultural attractions, and the open-mindedness and hospitality of the people. All of this is also reflected in our products.


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The Lady Cobras responded well and put Chowan back under pressure soon after the goal. Megan Shaver had a couple of shots on goal and continued to pressure the Chowan defense. This eventually led to a well deserved goal as Shaver picked up the ball 20 yards out, then turned and slid the ball into the bottom left corner to tie the game just before half time. Shaver was excited to claim the first goal for the Lady Cobras this season. The remainder of the half proved quite dull with neither side creating any major chances and the score remained 1-1.
The second half started like the first with Chowan coming out with high energy and lots of ball procession. Clara Danzeisen for the Hawks slid a nice pass into Ashley Bradford who shot the ball clean into the bottom left corner to give the Hawks the lead. The Hawks didn't let up this time and again pressured the Coker defense heavily. A few minutes after adding to the lead as
The rest of the game didn't see many more chances for either side as they shared procession for the remainder of the game. Despite the defeat for the Cobras the game had many positive aspects as Coker did create lots of goal scoring chances which is going to be crucial in there success for the remainder of the season.
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This weekend will kick off a busy time for the local Boy Scouts of Troop 9.
This weekend will kick off a busy time for the local Boy Scouts of Troop 9.
Two Eagle Scout projects by Boy Scouts George Schramm and Matt Selsor will grab local attention.
Schramm will lead a project starting this weekend to improve Kellogg Lake Park, while Selsor will work with the Carthage Humane Society on a fundraiser on April 28 and projects at the shelter.
Schramm's project will bring some revitalization to the flowerbed at the entrance of Kellogg Lake, repair and paint to the pavilion, and paint the white posts along the half-mile driveway.
"It's a multiple-phase project and it's perfect for us," said Scoutmaster Doug Lown. "Eagle projects are supposed to be 100 hours, involving all the boys and they get credit so that they can earn their ranks, and also to continue our mission of providing community service. We're really excited for these projects."
With a young, but growing, troop of 25 scouts, Lown estimated the work around Kellogg Lake will take about a month's time.
Schramm is 16, and must have his Eagle Project complete by his 18th birthday. However, Lown said the goal was to have the project finished by the annual Kids Fishing Day in June.
The other Eagle project, by Selsor, will be under a little more of a time crunch.
In September, Selsor will turn 18, and is taking some work for the Carthage Humane Society under his wing. His Eagle Project will consist of helping the shelter with its fundraiser in Central Park on Saturday, April 28, providing concessions during that event, planting trees at the shelter and constructing a "cat condo."
"It's all along the same lines as helping the community which is great for everybody," Lown said. "We'll have a busy couple of months … We always do community service projects, but we average maybe two to three Eagle Scout projects a year – something great about our troop is that even after the scouts turn 18, some tend to stay involved. And we love that."


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BRISTOL, Tenn. - King College used a Maggie Lynskey overtime goal for a 1-0 victory over nearby Milligan (Tenn.) College Tuesday in front of the home crowd.
Lynskey, a senior from Chattanooga, Tenn., attempted eight shots in the opening 90 minutes before she delivered the ball into the upper left corner of the net at the 93:21 mark unassisted. It was her third goal of the season and first game winner.
The win boosted King's record to 4-10 while Milligan slipped to 7-5-2. The contest was the third straight 1-0 score in the series as the Lady Tornado won this season and the 2008 meeting.
In goal for the Lady Tornado Abbey Kitts (Tazewell, Va.) recorded one save in the team's first shutout of the season. It had been 15 matches since King posted a shutout, a 1-0 win at North Greenville (S.C.) University on Nov. 12, 2009.
Overall King had a season-high 31 shots with 19 on goal. The Lady Tornado booted 18 shots in the first half, eight on goal, with 11 shots in the second half, 10 on goal. Milligan just had three shots.
King travels to play at No. 17 Belmont-Abbey (N.C.) College Saturday at 1 p.m.